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The first thing that is expected from a teacher is to create situations and opportunities for encouraging learning for each and every student in the class.

• The classroom environment should be such that each and every student feels comfortable, joyful, and feel encouraged to use his potentials in a maximum way for learning.

Key Points

•  The teacher by using a democratic teaching strategy provides that type of learning environment where students get choices in their learning and incorporate shared decision-making to promote increased engagement and improved learning outcomes for students.
• This is a completely child-centered teaching strategy. It develops affective and cognitive domains.
• Maximum interaction between teachers and students is seen in this type of teaching strategy.
•  It is important for the all-round development of students.
• An example of a democratic learning environment for the classroom teaching-learning process is - Students are provided with opportunities to investigate a problem, search for possible solutions, make observations, ask questions, etc.  
  • In this example, the students will have the choice to search for solutions by following their own path of discovery.

Thus, it is concluded that the students are provided with opportunities to investigate a problem, search for possible solutions, make observations, ask questions, etc. is an example of a democratic teaching strategy.

Hint

•  To instruct the students to follow strict discipline is an example of an autocratic teaching strategy where the students become passive learners and remain quiet during most of the learning process.
• In the Autocratic teaching strategy, the teacher decides the nature of the experiment, the nature of activities, time place, and students have to follow their instructions.
• Basically, the teacher is the center of all learning activities in autocratic teaching strategy.

A teacher’s presence in the classroom is not just about physical presence but also about how they engage with students, establish authority, and create a positive learning environment.

Key Points

• The best option to ensure effective presence in the classroom is adoption of a well-established posture.
• A teacher's posture, both physical and professional, communicates confidence, authority, and approachability.
• By adopting a posture that conveys calmness, openness, and attentiveness, teachers can establish a positive and respectful atmosphere in the classroom.
• This encourages students to feel comfortable and engaged, promoting better learning outcomes.
• A well-established posture also reinforces the teacher’s role as a facilitator of learning while fostering a supportive environment.

Hint

•  Use of peer command may lead to authority issues and disrupt the teacher-student relationship if not handled carefully.
• Making aggressive statements can create a hostile environment, undermining trust and respect between the teacher and students, which negatively affects learning.
• Being authoritarian may create fear and resistance rather than fostering a positive and open learning environment.

Hence, the correct answer is Adoption of well-established posture.

The correct answer is - (A), (B), (C) and (D)

Key Points

• Corners
  • This strategy involves dividing a classroom into "corners" where groups of students gather to discuss different aspects of a topic.
• Fishbowl
  • In this strategy, a small group discusses a topic while the rest of the class observes. It helps in developing listening and discussion skills.
• Team Word Webbing
  • This cooperative learning strategy involves students working in teams to create a web of words related to a central concept or topic.
• Round Robin Brainstorming
  • In this technique, students take turns contributing ideas in a group, ensuring that all members participate actively.

Additional Information

• Cooperative Learning
  • It is an instructional strategy where small groups of students work together on a common task.
  • Each member is responsible for their own learning as well as helping their teammates learn.
  • It promotes student interaction, enhances communication skills, and fosters a sense of community.
• Benefits of Cooperative Learning
  • Improves academic achievement.
  • Increases student retention and engagement.
  • Develops higher-level thinking skills.
  • Enhances social and interpersonal skills.
• Implementation of Cooperative Learning
  • Clearly define group goals and individual accountability.
  • Ensure that tasks are structured to promote positive interdependence.
  • Provide sufficient time for group processing and reflection.

• The Right to Education Act 2009, also known as the RTE Act, was enacted by the Parliament of India to provide free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years as a fundamental right. This is covered under Article 21 (A) of the Indian Constitution.
• Article 21 (A) was inserted by the Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002, making education a fundamental right and obligating the state to provide free and compulsory education to children in the specified age group.

• Rationale: Article 20 of the Indian Constitution deals with the protection of certain rights in case of conviction for offenses. It provides protection against retrospective criminal laws and double jeopardy, and guarantees the right against self-incrimination. It is not related to the Right to Education.

• Rationale: Article 22 deals with protection against arrest and detention in certain cases. It provides for the rights of individuals who are arrested or detained, ensuring legal representation and protection against arbitrary detention. It does not address the Right to Education.

• Rationale: Article 23 of the Indian Constitution prohibits human trafficking and forced labor. It ensures that no person is subjected to human trafficking or forced labor. This article is not related to the Right to Education.

• The Right to Education Act 2009 is specifically applicable under Article 21 (A) of the Indian Constitution. This article mandates free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years, making it a fundamental right. The other articles mentioned pertain to different rights and protections and are not related to the right to education.

Learning is gaining new skills and knowledge that influence their attitudes, decisions, and behaviors.

Key Points

 The two factors that influence learning are

• Factors Associated with Leaner.
• ​Some of the learner-related factors are mentioned below: 
  • ​Motivation
  • Readiness and Will power
  • learner's Ability 
  • Learner's maturation
  • Attention
  • Health condition
  • Aspirational and accomplishment levels

Thus, Motivation, aptitude, and interest are the most influential factors of learning.

Additional Information

• Factors Related to Learning Process:
  • ​Methods of learning
  • Good physical atmosphere
  • Knowledge of results as feedback

Clearly and precisely stated learning goals and outcomes are the key components of a good learning experience or course of study. The terms learning objectives and learning outcomes are often used interchangeably and they are all related to the teaching and learning that is expected to take place in the classroom.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• The difference between objectives and outcomes lies in the emphasis on who will be performing the activities.
• Learning objectives describe what an instructor or program aims to do; i.e., “This course will expose students to the major communication technologies used in the education field.”
• A learning outcome is described in observable and measurable terms regarding what a student can do as a result of completing a course; i.e., “After this course, students will be able to explain the differences between the various communication media and identify the strengths and limitations of various media.”
• Learning outcomes are student-centred, as they focus on the knowledge and skills that students can demonstrate (not on what instructors aim to teach students).
• An effective learning outcome involves the structuring of two parts, a verb, and an object.
• Bloom's revised taxonomy provides a framework for transforming objectives into intended learning outcomes. The taxonomy organizes these verbs or cognitive processes on a scale of lower-order to higher-order thinking skills.
   

• Format for intended learning outcomes statements:

1. Students will be able to + verb (desired action or performance) + object (knowledge) + optional modifiers (performance criteria/conditions). The conditional statement may be necessary if learners are expected to perform under specific conditions or contexts
2. For example, students will be able to explain the characteristics of the synchronous communication medium and its uses.

Hence, it can be concluded from the given points that learning objectives mean the intended learning outcomes.

Teaching is a process related to the effective transmission of knowledge and skills in an individual. It limits or enhances the ways the learners learn and assimilate concepts and ideas.

Key PointsDeveloping thinking power of students is the main objective of teaching as thinking is a higher cognitive function that allows students to produce innovative ideas by using images, symbols, and languages.

Other Objectives of Teaching:

• Developing self-confidence in students.
• Addressing diverse needs of all students.
• Improving life long learning skills in students.
• Fostering potential of students to grow and bloom.

Hence, it could be concluded that developing thinking power of students is the main objective of teaching.

The quality of teaching is of utmost importance for an effective teaching-learning situation.

• Students learn only when teaching is relevant and interesting. If the students haven’t understood a particular concept well, then it would be evident from the questions they raise.
• Flexibility and creativity are key for quality teaching. Quality teaching is supposed to be flexible in the ways of imparting knowledge rather than being rigid.

Key Points

• Active engagement involves inquiry, experimentation, questioning, application, and reflection, leading to the creation of ideas.
• A teacher must provide opportunities to question, enquire, debate, reflect, and arrive at concepts or create new ideas.
• Learning is not only the ability to answer questions but even the ability to raise the correct questions in a classroom.
• Questioning by students is considered a sign of motivated and quality teaching which makes the classroom more interactive and alive.

Hence, it is clear that 'Standard of questions raised by students in the classroom' is an indicative of the quality of teaching.

• Learner’s psychology is the main proponent of teaching
• The ultimate goal of teaching is the all-round personality development of the learner
• The level of teaching always determined after the stage of maturity of the student and these can be discussed hereunder,

Memory level of teaching

• Thoughtless teaching
•  It is concerned with memory or mental ability that exists in all living beings.
• Teaching at the memory level is considered to be the lowest level of teaching.
• At this level, thinking ability does not play any role.
• The role of the teacher is prominent and that of the student is secondary.
• The main practice is of cramming the facts, information, formulas, and laws that are taught to them.
• The Focus of concern is "Recall of facts and information".

Understanding level of teaching

• The teaching at the understanding level is of a higher quality than the one at the memory level.
• It is more useful and thoughtful from the point of view of mental capabilities.
• At this level of teaching, the learner gets an opportunity to discriminate at length between positive and negative exemplars of concepts
• The Focus of concern is "Seeing of relationship among facts and their examples".

Reflective level of teaching

• This level is also known as the introspective level.
• Reflecting on something means giving careful thought to something over a period of time.
• It also means thinking deeply about something.
• The Focus of concern is "problem raising and problem-solving".

The autonomous development level of teaching

• Autonomy means the ability to take control of one's own learning, independently or in collaboration with others.
• An autonomous learner will take more responsibility for learning and is likely to be more effective than a learner who is reliant on the teacher.
• The Focus of concern is "effects and feelings".

The play-way method is mostly “Activity-based” or “Hands-on Experience” learning. Children step out of their home and familiar surroundings to learn among different people, who include their peers and teachers.

• Play way method is first originated by 'H. Caldwell Cook' and later popularized by 'Friedrich Froebel' in the world.

Key PointsPrinciples of Play-way method

•  A practical approach helps in easy learning for the child.   The complete atmosphere of freedom is conducive to learning.
• The customized method designed and adopted should suit the needs of the child.
•  Learning methods used should be related to real-life rather than books.
• This method provides a plethora of opportunities for the child to express themselves.     

Important PointsAdvantages of play-way method -

•  It turns entire learning into a fun element by involving play in it, which helps in the physical development of the child.
•  It develops the feeling of satisfaction among children.
•  Every child is given equal exposure and ample opportunities for learning and participation.
•  Along with knowledge, it inculcates various cognitive skills in a child.
•  It helps children to connect with peers and teachers easily, increases emotional development.
•  It facilitates overall and holistic development.

Hence, play- way method develops  Cognitive, Emotional, and Physical development in children.

The activities of teaching and learning may be organised at various levels of abstraction, ranging from the use and application of simple mental powers to the most complex ones. Such organisations are distinguished and labelled as levels of teaching. There are three identifiable levels of teaching and learning activities.

Levels of Teaching and Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

• Based on this taxonomy, teaching is carried out at three levels, keeping in mind the developmental stage of the learners to achieve the desired objectives.
• According to Bloom, recalling of previously learnt information reflects one’s memory level (least thoughtful teaching),
• Learning of concepts by way of giving various examples related to it facilitates understanding in learners (Thoughtful teaching),
• Isolating and organizing information into parts involves analyzing and generation or construction of new ideas reflects one’s reflective level (upper thoughtful level) as understood from the diagram shown below:

NOTE:

Morris L. Biggie (1976) has added one more level under the rubric 'autonomous development'. The autonomous development level is student-oriented and is dependent on the learner's feeling and judgement.

Hence, from the given points it can be concluded that when a teacher gives a lot of positive and negative examples in his/her presentations in the classroom, it reflects the understanding level of teaching.

Brahmo Samaj And Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Among the great reformers of this period, Raja Rammohan Roy deserves special mention. He presented a fine combination of the East and the West. A man of great literary talent and well versed in Indian culture, he also made a special effort to study Christianity and Islam so that he could deal with them with understanding. He felt great revulsion for many practices prevailing in India that enjoyed religious approval.

• His main preoccupation was how to rid the Hindu religion of both image worship, sacrificial rites, and other meaningless rituals.
• He condemned the priestly class for encouraging these practices. He opined that all the principal ancient texts of the Hindus preached monotheism or worship of one God.
• His greatest achievement in the field of religious reform was a set up in 1828 of the Brahmo Samaj.
• The Brahmo Samaj was an important organization of religious reforms. It forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals.
• The Samaj also forbade its members from attacking any religion. It believed in the basic unity of all religions.
• Raja Rammohan Roy believed that man should adopt truth and goodness and should give up things based on falsehood and superstition.
• Raja Rammohan Roy was not merely a religious reformer but a social reformer also. His greatest achievement was the abolition of Sati in 1829.
• Raja Rammohan Roy realized that the practice of Sati was due to the extremely low position of Hindu women. Therefore he started working as a stout champion of women’s rights. He worked very hard for years to stop this practice of ‘Sati’.

Additional Facts

• Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh faith, was born in Talwandi, near Lahore in Pakistan in 1469. He was one of the greatest saints of the Bhakti movement. The word ‘Sikh” is derived from the Sanskrit word Shishya, meaning a disciple. Guru Nanak preached through kirtans, bhajans, and ragas and people flocked to listen to him. His hymns and songs were compiled in a book called the Adi Granth. He established Sangat (people sitting together to listen to the Guru) and Pangat (people eating together in langar or free kitchen).
• Ramananda was born at Allahabad and educated at Varanasi. He preached at both these places. He wanted to rid the Hindu religion of its evil customs and practices. He wanted people to know that all men were equal in the eyes of God and there was nobody high born or low born. His followers belonged to different walks of life.
• Kabir was Ramananda’s favourite disciple. Like Nanak, he criticized the existing social order and called for Hindu-Muslim unity. Kabir, the son of a Muslim weaver, strongly denounced idol worship, taking part in formal worship such as Namaz, pilgrimages, or bathing in rivers. He wanted to preach a religion that was acceptable to all and that would unite all religions. He emphasized the unity of God. He called Him by several names such as Rama, Gobinda, Hari, and Allah. 

Hence, we conclude that Raja Ram Mohan Roy formed Brahmo Samaj

Six Thinking Hats is a method of looking at a problem from a number of angles while remaining clear and conflict-free. 

Key Points

Therefore, A ‐ II , B ‐ IV , C ‐ I , D ‐ III is correct matching. 

Student-centered learning applies to many educational, learning, teaching, and support approaches that tackle individual students, groups of students, and specific learning needs, interests, preferences, or cultural backgrounds.

Key Points

Student-centered (Learner-centered) approach in the teaching-learning process: 

• In this approach, the ‘learner’ or ‘child’ and not the ‘teacher’ is the main focus of the educational program.
• It emphasizes ‘learning’ rather than ‘teaching’
• The overall goal of education, according to this approach is the all-round development of the child and not only that of acquiring knowledge.
• Curriculum, according to this approach, should be based upon needs, interests, aptitudes, and abilities of learners at different levels so that it enables them to acquire the necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values for realizing their full potential.

Hence, Student- Centric Classroom is mean for addressing individual differences.

Additional Information

There are broadly two types of teaching approaches: